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Spotted on appmodo , iPhone app icon magnets for your fridge. From Jailbreak toys .

Spotted on appmodo, iPhone app icon magnets for your fridge. From Jailbreak toys.

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Among cell phone users in developed countries, IBM is betting the market with the biggest growth potential is…people over the age of 65? Fast Company reports. IBM’s two-year research program, which also involves the National Institute of Design of India and Tokyo University, will explicitly focus on making cell phones easier to use, for both the elderly and the illiterate.

Among cell phone users in developed countries, IBM is betting the market with the biggest growth potential is…people over the age of 65? Fast Company reports.

IBM’s two-year research program, which also involves the National Institute of Design of India and Tokyo University, will explicitly focus on making cell phones easier to use, for both the elderly and the illiterate. Moreover, the software it develops will be open-source, so all governments and businesses can take advantage.

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The BBC reports that Japanese Researchers have produced a mobile phone that could be a boon for prying bosses wanting to keep tabs on the movements of their staff. Japanese phone giant KDDI Corporation has developed technology that tracks even the tiniest movement of the user and beams the information back to HQ

The BBC reports that Japanese Researchers have produced a mobile phone that could be a boon for prying bosses wanting to keep tabs on the movements of their staff.

Japanese phone giant KDDI Corporation has developed technology that tracks even the tiniest movement of the user and beams the information back to HQ.

It works by analysing the movement of accelerometers, found in many handsets.

Activities such as walking, climbing stairs or even cleaning can be identified, the researchers say.

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retweet.com, which put itself up for sale last month, has sold for $250,000 in an online auction on Flippa .

retweet.com, which put itself up for sale last month, has sold for $250,000 in an online auction on Flippa. The auction saw a fair amount of interest with 45 bids in total.

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Spotted on boingboing, Morten Skogly’s Picturetweeting bathroom scale .

Spotted on boingboing, Morten Skogly’s Picturetweeting bathroom scale.

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